Ancestors and Descendants of Adams and Mann and Others

  Legendary Lowestoft Porcelain Lowestoft is a factory shrouded  in mystery and surrounded by legend. In fact, it has been asserted that the factory never existed at all! On the other hand, there was for many years a superstition abroad that any finely painted pieces of china with a rose placed below the handle came from Lowestoft. One theory was exploded together with many others when exhaustive excavations were made on the site of the old factory in 1903. Origins rooted in Dutch Pottery. Art-Journal published on July 1, 1863 wrote: "It seems somewhat strange that the absolute 'land's end' on the eastern coast of England should have been chosen as the spot on which porcelain should be made, when the clay for the purpose had to be procured from the western 'Land's End', Cornwall, and the coal from the extreme northern coast of Northumberland and Durham.  It is not improbable, however, that the same cause which conduced to the establishment of the Chelsea ...

  The Kirstead Taylors A Newspaper cutting 'Kirstead Family Don Khaki', a captioned photograph montage of the six Taylor brothers in uniform, the sons of Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor and the late James Taylor of 42 Kirstead Ling, Brooke, Norwich. Three of the brothers were killed in June - July 1916, and are remembered on the Kirstead Green War Memorial. Thirza Jane Taylor (1895-1976) was the 13 th child of James Taylor and Mary Ann Powles.   She was born on July 15, 1895 in Kirstead, Norfolk, England.   Baptized on August 18, 1895 in the Parish Church in Kirstead, Norfolk, England. In 1911, at age 15, Thirza was living with the family of Herbert Frank Brand in St. Pancras, London, England as a general servant. Thirza Jane married Harry Cook Nobbs in July 1921 in Loddon, Norfolk, England at the age of 26. They had 2 children, according to the 1939 Census.   They are Joyce Margaret Nobbs (1922-2006) and Josephine M. Nobbs (1933-     ).   Christia...

  The Unfortunate Demise of Thomas Forster Thomas Forster (1837-1888) was born about 1837 in Kessingland, Suffolk, England as the fourth son of Isaac Forster (1801-1890) and Phoebe Mayes (1804-1873) .   Isaac and Phoebe raised a total of seven children consisting of 6 boys and only one girl, Mary. Thomas Forster (1837-1888) , married Eliza Dye (1835-1873) at St. Peter & St. John Church in Kirkley, Suffolk, England on August 12, 1856, and then Mary Ann Mann in 1879 after the death of his first wife.   George Forster was the older brother of Thomas Forster.   George, himself, was not a fisherman.   Rather, he owned and operated a fish market in South Lowestoft.   George’s eldest daughter, Louisa Maria Forster married Henry George Fisher in 1877.   George Forster did quite well for himself as a fish store owner.  Having saved enough money to finally purchase his own fishing vessel, he began searching for a boat.   By 1883, Geor...

  The Kirstead Taylors A Newspaper cutting 'Kirstead Family Don Khaki', a captioned photograph montage of the six Taylor brothers in uniform, the sons of Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor and the late James Taylor of 42 Kirstead Ling, Brooke, Norwich. Three of the brothers were killed in June - July 1916, and are remembered on the Kirstead Green War Memorial. Margaret Florence Taylor (1889-1927) .   Margaret was the 10 th child born to James Taylor and Mary Ann Powles.   Born in Kirstead, Norfolk, England on October 31,   1889.   She emigrated to Quebec, Canada on August 13, 1911 and settled in Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada.   She met and married George Henry Graves on March 4, 1912.   Their children were William Andrew (1912-1979) , Daisy Olive (1914-2014) , Florence (1920- Bef. 2014) , Albert (      -Bef. 2014) and Dorothy ( unk) . Rosie “Rosa” Jane Taylor (1892-1944) . Rosa was the 11 th child born to James Taylor and Mary Ann Po...